#rights

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#dangerous #disarmed #force #government #holds

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess. ↗

— A. Philip Randolph

#civil #community #democratic #economic #enjoy

A hundred years ago, when Richard Strauss, who has already been quoted and already been heard today, and other creative people, laid the foundation stone for the joint assertion of their rights and interests, they had pioneering work ahead of them in Germany. ↗

— Johannes Rau

#ahead #already #assertion #been #creative

I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first thing I did was leave school. I was suspended for my participation in Movement demonstrations in my hometown, December, 1961. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

#civil #civil rights #civil rights movement #december #demonstrations

It proved easier to buy the farm to get the mineral rights than to buy the coal rights alone. ↗

— Orville Redenbacher

#buy #coal #easier #farm #get

A lot of attention has been going to social values - abortion, gay rights, other divisive issues - but economic values are equally important. ↗

— Robert Reich

#attention #been #divisive #economic #economic values

From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own. ↗

— Carl Schurz

#blow #cannot #dangerous #highest #identity

I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights and I have great confidence that referenda will eventually take root and become part of our daily lives in Taiwan. ↗

— Chen Shui-bian

#basic human rights #become #confidence #daily #daily lives

I've always wanted to make 'Swamp Thing.' I like 'Swamp Thing.' I think it's a good idea, and I thought it would be a good venue for a 3-D movie, but there were rights issues with 'Swamp Thing.' ↗

— Joel Silver

#good #good idea #i #i think #idea

The quest for freedom, dignity, and the rights of man will never end. ↗

— William J. Brennan

#end #freedom #man #never #quest